BlockHog Valley, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32134. It stands on Orange Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eureka Dam quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Eureka Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Hog Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,801 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 14 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KENWOOD DRIVE (54) |
| 21 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NW 220TH ST (42) |
| 13 August 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SPRUCE RD (54) |
| 12 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CUTOFF (54) |
| 31 July 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PALM TREE (54) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Brook Landing | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Orange Springs | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Tobacco Patch Landing | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bay Lake | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Eureka | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fort McCoy | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Point Pleasant | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Kerr City | 10.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305819. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.